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Premier Bank – Site Plan, Zoning Amendment, CUP, and Variances 4 rezoning application must be approved. However, if the City finds that any of the applicable standards are not met, the application may be denied. The City’s discretion in approving or denying a conditional use permit is limited to whether or not the proposed application meets the standards outlined in the Zoning Ordinance. If it meets these standards, the City must approve the conditional use permit. The City’s discretion in approving or denying a variance is limited to whether or not the proposed project meets the standards in the Zoning Ordinance for a variance. The City has a higher level of discretion with a variance because the burden of proof is on the applicant to show that they meet the standards in the ordinance. B. REZONING PROPERTY FROM FCB TO C-1 The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from Future Central Business (FCB) to Central Business (C-1). Staff has analyzed this rezoning based on the four criteria in the City ordinance under Section 90-40, Zoning Amendments: (1) The requested amendment is in compliance with the city’s comprehensive plan The property is guided for Mixed-Use (MIX) per the Comprehensive Plan and the requested amendment would be in compliance with the Mixed-Use land use designation. (2) The proposed zoning classification is appropriate for the property given the topographic, environmental and cultural limitations of the site. The proposed commercial property would be on relatively flat land. The applicant is proposing to keep some existing trees as well as plant several new landscaping elements. The building and site area arranged to accommodate the proposed use in regards to parking, access, and building placement. The proposed zoning classification is appropriate for the property because there are no topographic, environmental, or cultural limitation of the site. (3) Existing public infrastructure is adequate to handle the development that can reasonably be foreseen on the site The property is within the vicinity of a city collector street and a state highway, which will adequately direct vehicle traffic to the proposed access point on Flay Avenue. The property is served by city sewer and water. (4) The proposed zoning classification will not have unreasonable negative impacts on neighboring properties The applicants have designed the site to minimize negative impacts on neighboring existing property. Adjacent properties are currently zoned FCB with the intention of